Newfoundland is unique in some ways, as a distinct province, but northern communities are very similar to Newfoundland. It's something we're focused on.
I visited your riding, which has the egg hatchery and the new dairy co-op. Those are the types of things that may allow these individuals or those businesses to scale up with financing through the FSS to ensure that they can provide even more product to Newfoundland. It would also ensure that if there's a local hub that needs to be built somewhere in the northern part of the country, that could stabilize some of the products being moved to those areas and maintained there longer.... I think one of those food hubs would be most appropriate in the northern part of Newfoundland. There's also funding available for that.
It'll be interesting to see who takes advantage of that in your province, because it is a unique situation. It's also something that needs to be or is identified in the northern communities in places such as Saskatchewan, Yukon and Northwest Territories.
